Describe and analyze your current writing program (your class, your school, your district: your choice). Develop a modest proposal that will make at least a small but valuable change in the writing curriculum and methodology. Bear in mind the conflicting pressures: testing vs. teaching, individual attention vs. large class sizes, collaborating vs. individual writing, etc. Resolve these as realistically as possible. 2000 words MLA formatted, done in GoogleDocs and shared with ebranscomb@gmail.com and the class
Paper 1: Creating a Digital Ecology
What are the impediments to teaching digital writing? Make real-world suggestions for overcoming them. 1500 words, MLA formatted, done in GoogleDocs and shared with ebranscomb@gmail.com and the class.
Final Presentation
Done collaboratively. A 10-minute digital writing project: may be either a standalone video, vodcast, or podcast, or a Powerpoint/Keynote presentation. Either way, it will be played/presented before the class. Topic: Teaching print and digital writing in the age of collaboration, Facebook, visual communication, and the NCLB/RTT’s war on education/educators.
Readings ENG817
Spring 2011
Writing Assignments
Mid-term Project
Describe and analyze your current writing program (your class, your school, your district: your choice). Develop a modest proposal that will make at least a small but valuable change in the writing curriculum and methodology. Bear in mind the conflicting pressures: testing vs. teaching, individual attention vs. large class sizes, collaborating vs. individual writing, etc. Resolve these as realistically as possible. 2000 words MLA formatted, done in GoogleDocs and shared with ebranscomb@gmail.com and the classPaper 1: Creating a Digital Ecology
What are the impediments to teaching digital writing? Make real-world suggestions for overcoming them. 1500 words, MLA formatted, done in GoogleDocs and shared with ebranscomb@gmail.com and the class.Final Presentation
Done collaboratively. A 10-minute digital writing project: may be either a standalone video, vodcast, or podcast, or a Powerpoint/Keynote presentation. Either way, it will be played/presented before the class. Topic: Teaching print and digital writing in the age of collaboration, Facebook, visual communication, and the NCLB/RTT’s war on education/educators.